I hate being all tidy like a book in a library where nobody reads – prison is horribly like that.
BERTRAND RUSSELLMen are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.
More Bertrand Russell Quotes
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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We love our habits more than our income, often more than our life.
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The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
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It’s easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you.
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There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.
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I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.
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Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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